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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that elearning organizations must deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like San Diego County Office of Education to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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